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Recently staff members from the Cleveland Public Library toured the Cleveland Police Museum to learn how the two organizations could work together to best assist visitors of our respective institutions.  Police Museum curator Allan J. Coates told the group, "The Police Museum is not only a history of the Police Department but of Cleveland itself."

The museum displays artifacts and photos from significant events in Cleveland history, including the emergence of the Cleveland Mafia, Elliot Ness's career as Cleveland Public Safety Director, and the Torso Murders (which Ness was unable to solve).

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